June 02, 2014 | 13:01

YEREVAN. – No customs checkpoint will open between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, in the context of Armenia’s Eurasian integration, Economy Minister Karen Chshmarityan stated at the National Assembly on Monday.

In response to a query on whether official Yerevan should be concerned about Eurasian Union accession without the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Chshmarityan rhetorically asked: “And are we a part of any international organization together with Karabakh?”

In his words, it does not change anything in this case. The goods produced in Nagorno-Karabakh can be exported to the CIS, European, and numerous other countries without restriction.

The treaty on establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union was signed, in Astana on May 29, by the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. In addition, Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan participated in the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and offered to sign a treaty on Armenia’s Union accession by no later than June 15. Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, stressed the need to sign a respective document with Armenia in the shortest period of time.